RIP Walker Boone (Mario in the SM3 and World Cartoons)
 

They kept this quiet, but Walker Boone, who voiced Mario in the 3 and World cartoons, passed away in January


https://www.aftercare.org/obituaries...-Walker-Boone/

Hate to hear that, and I also hate to admit that I thought Lou Albano continued to voice Mario through at least the SM3 show.

I also thought it was the same voice throughout and that Lou Albano was only mario in the live action segments. I do think the DIC Super Mario cartoons are a fun adaptation for what they are. They aren't going to wow anyone but they kept it fun with what they had. SMB3 cartoon is easily the best.

I'm a fan of all the DiC video game shows. So far as their Mario cartoons go, SMB3 was the one that seemed most intent on adapting elements from the game, as opposed to simply using Mario characters as stand-ins for pop-culture parodies or recycled TV tropes. The opening was also more dramatic than it had any right to be and it was one of my "Can't Miss" cartoons on Saturday mornings (even in re-runs).

I'm a fan too and no nostalgia since I didn't grow up with them only after the internet era when I was a teenager. I especially love Captain N, I do love the meshing of universes even if it wasn't very faithful most of the time and not loved by many. I think the Zelda cartoon is the most faithful to the games counting there was only 1 perhaps 2 games at the time and many elements that they made up ended up being Zelda tropes eventually in future games. Super Mario Super Show to me is the worst with all the parodies but I do like the live action segments, Mario World was just odd, I can't remember much of it anymore since it's only a few episodes but it was bad. SMB3 did try its best to create stories.

One of them I presume you can remember is the one it's most famous for: "Mama Luigi"

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss the days of youtube poop